Kanade: OK. I'm from Akita, which is Northern Japan. And there is a lot of mountains and you can see changing color in the fall and in my home Yashima town, there are only six thousand people in there and there is a waterfall called "Hotonedake", which is the best one hundred fall in Japan.

Todd: Wow! That's cool.

Kanade: Yeah, Cool!

Todd: So you've seen it.

Kanade: Yes!

Todd: So how high is this amazing waterfall?

Kanade: Uh, I don't really know. It's really big.

Todd:Really. So is it famous because it's really tall or cause it's really wide?

Kanade:Could be both.

Todd: Oh, really, that's a big waterfall. OK. When is the last time you went home?

Kanade: Last week.

Todd: Uh-huh. Really! Both you're parents still live there?

Kanade: Yes.

Todd: OK. And were your parents born there?

Kanade: Yes, but different town. My father is from Yashima, same hometown, same home as my home, but my mom is from Nigaho, next town from Yashima.

Todd: Oh, OK. Do you have a lot of childhood memories.

Kanade: Yes, uh, actually but my dad was really busy, so my mom took me, took me many, many places...as a child.